Daily Cyber Brief
Kimsuky seen using new Android malware against South Koreans, RomCom RATs are targeting Ukrainian military members, and Vice Society conducts campaigns against education sector...
Cybersecurity
The chemical industry is the next sector to take up President Biden’s 100-day cybersecurity sprint, the administration announced Wednesday, an effort designed to sharpen operators’ focus on the most significant risks from a digital attack such as gas leaks and other…
A new report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant says researchers recently observed a pro-China influence campaign targeting the U.S. midterm elections. The campaign launched by the group known as DRAGONBRIDGE, which Mandiant said is likely operating “in support…
Mark Sokolovsky, 26, a Ukrainian national, is being held in the Netherlands while he awaits extradition to America on cybercrime charges, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday. Sokolovsky, said to have used the online names Photix, Raccoon Stealer, and…
A notorious British hacker was arraigned on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly running the now defunct 'The Real Deal" dark web marketplace. The 34-year-old defendant Daniel Kaye (aka Bestbuy, Spdrman, Popopret, UserL0ser) allegedly ran the illicit…
Cisco says miscreants are exploiting two vulnerabilities in its AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows, which is supposed to ensure safe VPN access for remote workers. One of the pair of flaws, tracked as CVE-2020-3433, is a privilege-escalation issue: an authenticated…
The threat actor known as Vice Society has been conducting ransomware and extortion campaigns against the global education sector, particularly in the US. The findings come from Microsoft security researchers, who published an advisory about Vice Society…
The North Korean espionage-focused actor known as Kimsuky has been observed using three different Android malware strains to target users located in its southern counterpart. That's according to findings from South Korean cybersecurity company S2W, which named the…
The threat actor behind a remote access trojan called RomCom RAT has been observed targeting Ukrainian military institutions as part of a new spear-phishing campaign that commenced on October 21, 2022. The development marks a shift in the attacker's modus…
The volume of ransomware detections in Q3 2022 was the lowest in two years, but certain geographical regions have become bigger targets as attacks on US organizations wane, according to SonicWall. The security vendor used its own threat detection network…
VMware on Tuesday shipped security updates to address a critical security flaw in its VMware Cloud Foundation product. Tracked as CVE-2021-39144, the issue has been rated 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability scoring system, and relates to a remote code…